THE bizarre fiefdom of Chechnya has long been controlled by warlord and top Vladimir Putin crony Ramzan Kadyrov and his trigger-happy cosplay soldiers. Disturbed chief Kadyrov, 48, has ruled over ...

December 30, 2024: Firepower is a multifunction tool in combat. For example, during the 1999 Chechnya War in the Caucasus Russian troops used firepower intensive tactics to take Chechen capital of ...

When Boris Yeltsin suddenly resigned as Russia’s first post-Communist president on New Year’s Eve, 1999, his country seemed to be spiralling downhill into economic and political disintegration. Few ...

The war has reached a critical point. A real peace seems unlikely, but a ceasefire is possible, most experts agree. The ...

One of the most pressing foreign policy challenges for the incoming U.S. administration is whether to continue supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion or, as President-elect Donald ...

Kyiv, Ukraine – Russian air defence officials could very possibly have struck an Azerbaijani passenger jet over Chechnya after panicking during a Ukrainian drone attack, analysts and experts ...

In trying to dissuade anyone from noting a “Chechen trace” in the events in Uzbekistan, Kadyrov made the connection even more difficult to set aside. Earlier this month, INTERPOL issued red ...

Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian F-16 pilot completes 'world first' during huge Russian attack Ukraine's air force says one of its F-16 fighter jet pilots shot down six missiles during a Russian ...

The deadly crash this week of an Azerbaijani passenger jet — with Russian air defenses as the suspected culprit — brings into focus a little-noticed aspect of the war in Ukraine: a battle zone ...

Since the outbreak of the war in 2022, nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly taken to Russia or Russian-occupied territories without the consent of their families, Ukrainian ...